London calling : V.S. Naipaul, postcolonial Mandarin / Rob Nixon.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nixon, Rob, 1954- author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Authors, Trinidadian--Biography--History and criticism.

Authors, Trinidadian.

Intercultural communication in literature.

Culture conflict in literature.

Postcolonialism in literature.

Travel in literature.

Autobiography.

London (England)--In literature.

London (England).

Naipaul, V. S. (Vidiadhar Surajprasad), 1932-2018--Criticism and interpretation.

Naipaul, V. S.

Naipaul, V. S. (Vidiadhar Surajprasad), 1932-2018--Travel.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (240 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Challenging the popular view that Naipaul is a literary mediator between First and Third World experience in the post-colonial era, this study argues that his work articulates a set of values that perpetuates political interests that have their origin in the Imperial age.

Contents:

Contents; Naipaul's Chronology; Introduction; 1. The License of Exile; 2. Naipaul and the Traditions of Travel; 3. At the Generic Crossroads: Travel Writing, Ethnography, and Autobiography; 4. Preparations for Travel: Naipaul's Conradian Atavism; 5. The Terms of Dismissal: 'Barbarism,' 'Primitivism,' and 'Simple Societies'; 6. 'Mimicry,' 'Parasitism,' and Resistance; Conclusion: A Kinder, Gentler Naipaul?; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 1992.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-221) and index.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

0-19-772498-1

1-280-44071-6

0-19-536196-2

1-60129-799-8

OCLC:

171571051